Doyou ever feel sorry for yourself? What do you do to get out of it?

Answer 1

Sure, I think at one time or another we all feel sorry for ourself. Sometimes I come home, and my back and neck hurt so bad, my feet hurt if I have been wearing "nice" shoes all day, and I feel out of sorts and mean from the heat.

If I really cannot relieve some of my symptoms and I feel like it, I plug in a real tear jerker movie and give that crying thing a go sometimes, (personally, I think everyone needs to cry once in awhile). It cleans the dirt out of your tear ducts. :-)

Usually a good night's rest will do wonders for me, because every morning when I wake up I know I am alive and able, and that is always good! Now if I begin to feel depressed and I am unable to shake the feeling off, I may call in and play hooky. My job currently depends on me being rather stable, so I need to be able to give my best, I am legally disabled, so my employer gives me some additional latitude because of my physical disabilities.

I try to take a "me" day, I do some things I enjoy, some things that will refresh my outlook, I go to visit a friend who is a resident in a conveslescent home, when you go in there, you know right away that you are truly not as unfortunate as you could be! It does me good to go see her, and take her some yarn, she crochets all of the time. She loves fresh flowers, she's a very sweet person, but after her husband passed away, she fell and broke her hip and then while recovering she had a slight stroke. She lives in the home now, and while it's not a nightmare, when you are just walking down the hallways, and you see other people there who are in worse shape than you, it convinces you that you are stronger than you know, or at least it helps me. I have a long soak in the tub with some lavender scented candles and really try to rest and relax. Usually I do not stay depressed very long, there are reasons I could just wallow in self-pity, but I like me better when I am not on a downer...it only makes me feel worse!

Depression can be a very serious thing, and I would say if you are often bothered by it, or ever have thoughts of harming yourself, you should go talk to a counselor or a psychologist, to see if they can find a cause for your feelings. If you know the cause, then you may be helped by medications. Often your problems can be easily resolved by just talking with someone who can help you. Good luck, and feel better, you should not remain depressed for an extended amount of time, but everybody has the blues sometimes.

Answer 2

All the time, I think a good technique is taking a deep breath and realizing that there is always someone worse off then you and the realization that feeling sorry for yourself doesn't change a situation and sometimes any kind of action such as going for a walk helps. Also what I realized recently is this is useful, "energy" and you can get out of it by becoming better, such as hitting the books, learning a new skill or just dwelling on a situation no matter how frustrating until a solution reveals itself because no matter how hard something seems to be; some kind of solution always seems to come up.

Answer 3

Stop thinking about yourself. Think about what you have, and cherish it. I find that the more I think of myself and what I don't have and maybe what this other person has I tend to feel sorry for myself thinking"I don't have that".

It doesn't even have to be possessions, it can just be someones attitude or lifestyle. This is called Coveting, and it is a negative. if you look anything like your avatar I would say that you're a very beautiful girl, and that is something to be proud of. So lift your chin up, don't feel sorry for yourself.

Answer 4

OMG! I am SOOOOOOOOO sorry for myself right now cuz my throat is KILLING ME!!! You just don't know how bad it hurts! What'll I do? What if this sneezing leads to a stuffy nose by tomorrow? What if my ears get stopped-up & I talk all whiny & nasally like, "Nyah, nyah..." you know the tone? What if I even get the chills & fever?

Well, at least I'll feel a little better if I pity myself, since nobody but Iris, my girlfriend, will do it for me. Maybe that pity will get me through the day so I can go to work with/without the sniffles & give it to the other guys!

Answer 5

Sometimes yes! But I try to be true to myslef. Normally in weak moments such as this I've noticed that the tendency is to make fleeting conclusions such as, 'time/god has been unkind with me', 'none loves me'...but on investigation we know that we have experienced the grace of god as well as difficult times and we know that people do love us...when we do not become judgemental I think the we slowly drift out of being sorry/self pity.

Answer 6

Once in awhile, yeah I do. i think thats a Normal feeling for Humans to do on occassion. I sometimes just have myself a good Cry and I tend to snap out of it. Then afterwards, I find myself thinking, I have'nt got it all that bad. Sometimes, doing a nice/thoughtfull deed for somebody can really stop those Blue feelings! Take-Care.

Answer 7

There are times that I have to work really long hours and I feel sorry for myself that I'm not out with my friends and I miss all the fun. But all I do is get going with my job!I guess I guess I'm a workaholic after all!

Answer 8

I feel self-pity right now because I'm an insomniac and will feel like crap tomorrow. How do I deal? In the morning before work, I'll drink a cup of coffee and paint a smile on my face.
What's that quote?-"Smile and the world smiles with you, frown and you frown alone."

Answer 9

I feel sorry for myself when I have guy troubles. they work out in the end but I don't get anything out of it, except a certain state of mind. i try and not to because no matter how bad my guy trouble is theres somebody dying in africa or east timor

Answer 10

Cry! i know it sounds bad, but by letting your emotions "free" you can think calmly when it's time to rationalize later. if I'm feeling sorry for myself, I watch a movie I know that's gonna make me cry (like beaches). Then I mix those tears w/ whats got me down, and sooner or later I'm back to normal and thinking "Where did that come from".